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Mirage 2000
Context:
Qatar and India discuss selling Mirage 2000 fighters to the Indian Air Force, boosting its combat strength as legacy MiG fighters are retired.
About Mirage 2000:
- The Mirage 2000 is a French multirole, single-engine fourth-generation fighter jet.
- Manufacturer: Dassault Aviation
- First flight: 10 March 1978
- The jet is available as a single-seater or two-seater multirole fighter.
- Combat weight: 21,000 pounds
- Range: 1,550km
- Maximum Speed: Mach 2.2 (2,530 km/h)
- Approach Speed: 140 knots (259 km/h)
- It has a maximum climbing speed of 60,000 feet per minute.
- It is capable to launch both Air-to-Air Missiles and Surface-to-Air Missiles
- It is designed for all weather penetration at low altitude.
- Over 600 Mirage 2000 aircraft have been built and it has been in service with nine nations, including France, India, Greece, and the United Arab Emirates.
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Kargil War and Mirage 2000
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